Tag: mass

Toyota tests new EV pickup truck ahead of mass production in Thailand

By Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) – Toyota Motor is testing the new battery-electric Hilux pickup truck to assess its performance in different conditions as the car maker prepares to manufacture the vehicle in Thailand by the end of 2025, an executive said on Thursday. Pickup trucks make up more than half of total vehicle sales […]

Mass. man who owns Connecticut strip club facing prostitution, fraud charges, U.S. Attorney says

A Massachusetts man who owns a strip club in Connecticut has been indicted on prostitution and fraud charges, along with the establishment’s manager and bouncer, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. A federal grand jury in Hartford returned a 12-count indictment charging 67-year-old Kenneth Denning, of Holland, Massachusetts, with conspiracy to use an interstate facility to promote […]

The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff

By Chris Kirkham, Hyunjoo Jin and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging division last month, they had high hopes as charging chief Rebecca Tinucci went to meet with Musk about the network’s future, four former charging-network staffers told Reuters. After Tinucci had cut between 15% […]

TPD releases more details on weekend mass shooting at parking lot gathering

The Tallahassee Police Department has released new information after gunfire in the parking lot of an Apalachee Parkway shopping center left two men dead and two others with gunshot injuries early Sunday morning. According to an online update Monday morning, TPD responded shortly after 2:30 a.m. to Parkway Center after getting a call about gunshots. They […]

Parishioners at Louisiana church stop possible mass shooting

Congregants at a Louisiana church banded together to prevent a mass shooting over the weekend, and it was all caught on a livestream. The chaos erupted Saturday at Saint Mary Magdalene Church in Abbeville during a first communion ceremony for 60 second graders. According to police, a 16-year-old boy carrying a gun opened the back […]

Three teens plead guilty in Baltimore mass shooting case

BALTIMORE — Three teens pleaded guilty Monday to varying charges stemming from the mass shooting at the Brooklyn Homes community last summer. Two of the defendants, ages 15 and 16, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and being a prohibited person in possession of a handgun, with prosecutors agreeing to a sentence of 25 years incarceration […]